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Although a Global Problem, Tooth Decay can be Prevented
Other than the common cold, tooth decay is the most prevalent disease in the world. And while a cavity or two may seem like a minor matter, tooth decay’s full destructive potential is anything but...
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Cleaning Around Implants Crucial to Protecting Them from Loss
Unlike the natural tooth it replaces, a dental implant is impervious to decay. But don’t think that means you can relax your oral hygiene habits — even though the implant itself can’t be infected, the...
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Practice Daily Oral Hygiene to Prevent Calcified Plaque Formation
If you’ve ever heard your dentist or hygienist talk about “calculus,” they’re not referring to a higher branch of mathematics. The calculus on your teeth is something altogether different.Calculus,...
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NBA Player's Injury Points Out Need for Mouthguards
Basketball isn't a contact sport—right? Maybe once upon a time that was true… but today, not so much. Just ask New York Knicks point guard Dennis Smith Jr. While scrambling for a loose ball in a...
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Daily Hygiene Tasks Performed Properly Help Ensure Good Oral Health
Daily personal care is essential for optimal oral health. Brushing and flossing in particular keep bacteria and acid, the main causes of dental disease, at manageable levels. But to gain the most...
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4 Tips for Instilling Good Family Hygiene Habits
Long-term dental health is built on a foundation of good hygiene habits instilled at an early age. Consistent, daily hygiene not only makes for healthy teeth and gums but an attractive smile too. Here...
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4 Affordable Ways to Transform Your Smile for a Once-In-A-Lifetime Moment
People improve their smiles for a lot of reasons: to better their career prospects, to put some juice in their social lives or just to do something special for themselves. But you may have an even...
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How Shawn Mendes and Miley Cyrus Got Their Stellar Smiles
The 2019 Grammy Awards was a star-studded night packed with memorable performances. One standout came from the young Canadian singer Shawn Mendes, who sang a powerful duet of his hit song "In My...
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3 Things to Watch Out for to Protect Your Oral Appliance
If you're one of the millions of people wearing an oral appliance, you already know how important it is to your dental health. Whatever the purpose—replacing teeth, stopping teeth grinding or guarding...
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Oral Health Can Prove Challenging in Your Senior Years
A focus on dental care in senior citizens is just as important as it is for children. Indeed, oral health in your later years can be a major factor in your quality of life. For one, aging effects on...
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Teenagers May Need a Temporary Tooth Replacement
Losing a tooth affects not only your smile but your overall dental health too. A dental implant solves both issues: it replaces the whole tooth, including the root, to merge durability with a...
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Baseball's Francisco Lindor Shines as "Mr. Smile"
At the first-ever Players Weekend in August 2017, Major League Baseball players wore jerseys with their nicknames on the back. One player — Cleveland Indians shortstop, Francisco Lindor — picked the...
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How to Handle 3 Common Injuries to Your Child's Mouth
Once they learn to walk, there's no stopping most children. Sometimes it can be a little jarring, as when you discover your toddler on top of the kitchen counter reaching in the cupboard on tip-toes...
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Keeping up Good Hygiene Still a Necessity with Dental Implants
Dental implants are widely considered the most durable tooth replacement option, thanks in part to how they attach to the jaw. But durable doesn't mean indestructible — you must take care of them....
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Disease Detection - Saliva's New Role
For over a century now, health providers have depended on blood and urine samples to diagnose many forms of disease. Very soon, though, we may routinely use a different bodily fluid that's easier and...
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NBC Star Delivers a Message about the "Perfect" Smile
Sometimes it seems that appearances count for everything—especially in Hollywood. But just recently, Lonnie Chaviz, the 10-year-old actor who plays young Randall on the hit TV show This Is Us,...
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Brushing and Flossing Hard to Do? Consider Your 'Power' Options
Brushing and flossing are foundational to good oral health and an essential part of daily life. Practicing both these habits removes most disease-causing bacterial plaque from tooth and gum surfaces....
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These Popular Drinks Could Put Your Enamel in Danger of Erosion
Tooth enamel, to play on a phrase from Shakespeare, is made of “sterner stuff.” The strongest substance in the body, enamel can take years of biting and chewing and keep on going.It does have one...
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Tooth Sensitivity Could Be a Sign of Deeper Problems
If you wince in pain while eating or drinking something hot or cold, you’re not alone: tooth sensitivity afflicts one in three Americans. To understand what’s possibly going on, let’s look first at...
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Why Alfonso Ribeiro Is Grateful for Root Canal Treatment
As the host of America's Funniest Home Videos on ABC TV, Alfonso Ribeiro has witnessed plenty of unintentional physical comedy…or, as he puts it in an interview with Dear Doctor–Dentistry & Oral...
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